: Hi All,

: My Wife had a bad day yesterday. She went paddling with a friend, The launch
: site where they went has a steep drop off where you park. When she went to
: remove her boat from the top of the SUV, it slipped off the saddle onto
: the rack and off the SUV. After it fell @ 6 feet it hit the ground and
: slid down a little hill. When she told me I expexted the worse, but it
: came through it all with a few scratches in the hull. They look like there
: only varnish deep.

: But that wasn't the end of her day, when they got back she went to carry her
: boat back to the car and slamed the stern into a bridge imbutment. The
: result was she broke about an inch of the stern off.

: I got it epoxied on last night and I'll reinforce it with some glass tonight,
: and it should be good as new. Don't let anybody tell you that a strip
: built boat isn't rugged!!

Kent, Owww, Does your wife help with the making of these fine specimens? If not maybe you should recruit her on the next one. Ouch!

Elliott